Apparel-corset.



TED DEC 10. 1907.

A. H. BENJAMIN.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.9.1907.

3 SHEETS-SHBET 1.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

PATENTED DEC. 10, 1907.

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A H. BENJAMIN.

1- h I LE1} I2 APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9. 1907.

PATENTED DEC. 16, 190 7.

A. H. BENJAMIN.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION TILED MAR. 9. 1907.

'3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

fieao To all whom it mag concern.

' provement in Apparel-Corsets, of which the l 'ap arel corsets ofthe closed back and laced object of applying tension in the corset below figure and the production of an abdominal lacing at the front from the Waist up to the a citizen of theUnited States, residing at -East Orange, in the county of Essex and fiaps together.

fitting the bosom, the effect of which is to in- 45 parts at the same time showing'the' abdo'mi-- nal flaps, a portion'ofwhich is broken away at the lEBPGI' edge to .show a strengthening UNITED STATES PATENT oEEroE.

ALFRED-E. BENJAMIN, hr EAST ORANGE, NEW JE EsEY," ASSIGNOR TO BENJAMIN a 1011 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A FIRM.

APPAREL-CORSET.

Be it known that I, ALFRED H. BENJAMIN,

State of New Jersey, have invented an Imollowing is a specification. My Invention relates to improvements 1n an hookedfront style and form, with the the waist for the reduction of an over-full su port and a flat front eflect for the corset. n the corset of my invention substantially the u per half of the corset at the back is close while substantially the lower half of the corset is open and. provided with lacing edges and by preference these respective constructions overlap for an appreciable distance at about the center of the corset or waist line. At the front I provide abdominal flaps secured to the under side of the corset and meeting at the center where steels and hook fasteners are. employed for connecting the,

This line of union comes beneath the center of the lacing front adjacent and parallel to which are the front steels and hook fasteners.

In the preferred form of my invention, I prefer to make the front lacing only extend cm the upper edge down to a point. slightly below the waist, the corset eing solid for. the balance of the distance fro 1 this point to the lower edge. This construction fixes the corset at the front and provides for the application of a tension below the waist by the lacing at the back, which lacing may be taken into any desired extent, the same only affecting the lower half of the corset. The

upper edge of thecors'et provides for tension or more often for looseness and comfort 1n crease or enhance thellat front of, the corset.

In the drawing, Figure-I is an elevation at the front of the corset and the center thereof, Fig. 2 is a rearward elevation of the same strip. 1g. 3 is an elevation. at the back and Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 9, 1907- Berial No. 361.473-

edgp eferring particularly steels h h.

central portion of the corset. Fig. 4 is a sec- Patented Dec. 10,1907.

tional planat the dotted line as, w, of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 1s a. sectional plan at the dotted line y, y, of Fig. 1. Fig. '6 is a sectional plan at the dotted line 2, z, of Fig. 1, which section extends through the strengthening strip 'shown in Fig. 2 and the eyelets thereof, an

Fig. 7 is an elevation at the central front portion of the corset showing a form of my invention and in which a portion is broken away to more clearly illustrate the abdomi nal ,fzaps.

a 0 the solid back portion which extends from the upper edge. of the corset down and preferably past the waist line to the line 0 (see Fig. 3), and referring to this figured (1 represent the lacing edges which extend from the lower edge of the corset up past the lower end 0 of the solid back 0 to the upper ends 4.

.The same are provided with eyelets 2 and a v back and lacing lace or cord 3 and the solid appreciably overlap. to Figs. '1 and 2, which show-the preferred form of my invention at the front of the corset, e e represent the front'lacing edges which 'extendfrom the top edge of the corset down to the oint e firmly connected at a center sewed 'nexof.

union f. I have shown and prefer to em 10 are the half portions of the corset and" so .They are provided with eyelets 5 an with a a back strip, or anchor member f of fa ric (see Fig. 2) which extends across this central sewed line of union f from the point e downward'and through the said'fabric portions 1 prefer to place eyelets'7. This anchor more firmly connects-the fabric of .the corset front with the fabric of the back strip f and said transverse strip f overcomes any tendency of the front portion of the corset to separate along the line of sewing f, and I'haveshown prefer to employ a vertical back strip of tape or substantial material sewed to the fabric body of the corset (Figs. 2, 5 and 6) an and strengthenin the sewed' line of union along the sewed e of unienf. Adjacent to the front lacing edges e e are the-front These are parallel. with one another and substantially parallel with the man in Fig. 3 m the son- 01" C(igO to a the form Qho cor, v nominal. flaps 1: stools 7?,- .li hrmtuszr the I foronoo that when the undo tension. tho (HH'iili, vlso hoohrd the vice ot his; is adjuster. 11 2hr v 3;

are 'l'il'St hooker} mil thou l)l()Ll{il.t togethvr oorsot is so In to the device i ilifNlODllD ul flaps and tho body of point down i, also nod-air ionsi Tho tension aopno '1 holow "rl soil-sot oi my lrnpro'vc tho laced ioning tho loco Ki extent, and

4: upper portion ms d (.1 iron; tho point oi h ti thorool no JHK' (lo Whileit is do of those: 11mm the soiirl back no to the n;

edges (2 (Z at tin or cord l (A, o

have only 5 L61 it im'fill-ililil to :1 omoothly 0v the solidi bi icml mlgzos l or do m toward the tower is w ol tho corset may be inronght noznro'" to nor under ionsio'n. '01 spread l'urthor n. art with groator frr-rerioin may he rlosnorl or found com-- fortahie to the wouror ol iii-l: oo it hiking ELPOZLESQIH that tho nmrcr (hr, 1 (.zlgos a e i. light together under LihShm, the tightor LR iii he the corset holow the waist and the more tho Limo wiil hold in tho 1" "re.

The l'mnng front from tho yon 2 to tho nppor edge. of jngtmei'it of t w nppor portion oi 1 ho co' tr niopondtnt of nv' iQHSlOH no tho rum-ml. prox hhzs for an ml- 1 plied below the win zlomindl llzipg to ill n iiigs 2 and 7, and prol'or tho :ilnloxoinzll llnps with subnliol vertically disposed hone {)(Jlltlii l'o'r tln- I'RUPUSH of Miltonr 2 0-" my invention:

t and in oonihination with tho wool, :1- solid hunk oontml por- -l\i7l}"' holow tho waist to tho top Dion mom M @0 ol the corset and hie-in edges also at tho qtor of the hook from above tho waist lino to the lower edge, Wherohy tho lower portion of the smlhl h and. the upper looml 0d es ovorhi; at the Waist for 21. snp orl to tho \vt-nsl. in i corset and in oornhiimtion with the ions thereof, i'ront litfil'llt': ridges that I orlgo ol tho holow the mist lim-.,'\\'itl1 wrsot holow this point n'nn'lo s pa allel with and adjacent to the laced-edges at one sido of the center of the. some. at Ll extending from tho top to the bottom of tho uorsot, and. a transverso hook or HJ'lGllUl strip on the nnrivr side of the cox-sot at the Front Pulll connoctml directly below tho point o a comet mil in ooinbin:ition with tho portions thorool", Front lacing: edges that extend Centrally from the upper edge of tho corset to hl' g; itlybolow' the Waist lino, with hilt! front ol the corset helow this point nnulo solhh front stools parallel with mil adjacent to tho hired edges at one side of the center of" tho corso l1- and cxtr'nrling from the to to the hottom of tho corset no :iluloinilml lions honoath thrat the front and sowed perms-m its edges to the halvos ol tho corset no nmoting hooked oilgon oi tho :ioiloinhml l ps ltiiilllOCO-lllill' oi tho/corsot holow the con srl socimi lino of union.

l. in a, oorl and in (:onihinnthm with tho tho corsot and (mt-ending from the top to tho hot-tom of tho corset and abdominal limos l' '(l of l l z'io inc/min m with series of sill)- ntiu-lliv vorticnlhom in poohots and soonrod at tho sowed lines ol: union 9 10 to the under surfaces olthe corset gortions at tho irgmt and with hook (lQYiC-(FR connecting the ulnloinimzl Flaps at tho cantor oi the corset holon' tho CQDiLLLLl sowed line of union.

in n corset and in combination with the hull portions thorrol', front lacing edges that ex oncl centrally .l'r ';1n tho 1: p1 )(al edgel'oi' the at to slight below the \inlist lino, with and lower part ol? tho i. t---to t the bosom in providing comfort to tho wearer front of he corset below this point Hill-(l9 'zttion of the front into tho lacing;

' point of se mg edges or tselid, hont steels parallel with and adjacent to the laced edges at one side of the center of fthe corset and extending from the to to the bottom of the corset, a transverse hack or :anchor strip on the under side of t e corset at the front and connected directly below the aration of the frontjinto the lacthe purpose of strengthening the beginning of the sewed line of union an abdominal flaps formed of fabric members with substantially vertical bones in pockets secured at the sewed lines of union 9 10'to'the extend centrally from under surfaces of the corset portions at the front and with hook devices connecting the abdominal flaps at the center of the corset below the central sewed line of union.

6. In a corset and i combination with the half portions thereof, ont lacing edges that the upper edge of the corset to slightly below the Waist line, with the front of the corset below th" point made solid, front steels parallel with and adjacent to the laced edges at one side of the center of the corset and extendin from 1 :16 top to the bottom of the corset, an the back of the corset at the center thereof formed solid from the upper edge to a point below the waist line, and lacing edges from above the waist line to the lower edge of the corset forapplying tension to the corset below the waist, Whereby the corset at the front is adjustable above the waist and at the back below the waist.

7 In a corset and in combination with the half portions thereof, front lacing edges that extend centrally from the upper edge of the corsetto slightly below the waist line, with the front of the corset below this point made solid, front-steelsparallel with and adjacent to the laced edges at one side of the center of the corset and extending fromthc top to the bottom of the corset, a transverse back or anchor strip on the under side of the 1 corset at the front and connected directly below the point of separation of the front .into the lacing edges for the purpose of strengthening the beginning of the sewed line of j the center thereof formed solid from the up per edge toa point about the waist line, and

a to the corset below the waist.

minal eyelets for the front laein union, and theback of the corset at lacing edges lower edge of the corset for applying tension 8. Ina corset and in. combination with the halves thereof and the front steels and their fasteners at one side of the center of the corset at the front, of the central lacing edges at the front extending from the top of the corset to about or slightly below the waist line and with a solid sewed line of union from this point down to the lower edge of the corset,

a transverse strip secured to the under surfrom about the-waist line to the face or back offthe corset at and below the termination of the laced edges and over the beginning of the sewed line of union, which strip is sewed to the corset, and eyelets placed through the corset and through the said strip at either side of the center, forming the loweror terminal eyelets for the front lacing so that the lacing assists in the function of the said strip in anchoring or supporting the front of the corset where the sewed line of union begins.

9. In a corset, and in combination with the halves thereof and the front steels and their fasteners at one side of the center of the corset at the front, of the central lacing edges at the front extending from the top of the corset to about or slightly below the waist line and with a solid sewed line of union from this point down to the lower edge of the corset, a transverse strip secured to one surface of the corset 'at and below the termination of the laced edges and over the beginning ofthc' sewed line of union, which strip is sewed to the corset, and eyelets placed through the corset and through the said strip at either side of the center, forming the lower or ter- 7 so that the lacing assists in the function of t c said strip in anchoring or supporting the/front of the corset where the sewed line of union begins. Signed by me this 11th day of February 1907.-v

' ALFRED H., BENJAMIN.

Witnesses:

Gno. 'l. PINGKNEY, E. ZACHARIASEN. 

